#E8835A#E8835A

#E8835A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.136 H 42.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8835A
RGB	rgb(232, 131, 90)
HSL	hsl(17, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(17, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.5%, 61.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.07, 35.14, 38.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.07, 52.40, 47.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.2% 0.1007 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(71.2% 0.136 42.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.2438, 34.1311, 13.9815)
Luminance	0.3413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8835A #5ABFE8

analogous

#E85A78 #E8835A #E8CA5A

triadic

#E8835A #5AE883 #835AE8

tetradic

#E8835A #78E85A #5ABFE8 #CA5AE8

square

#E8835A #78E85A #5ABFE8 #CA5AE8

split-complementary

#E8835A #5AE8CA #5A78E8

monochromatic

#AF4418 #E15B24 #E8835A #EFAB90 #F7D4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#E8835A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#E8835A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8835A

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8835A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8835A	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC7079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8835a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 131, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.136 42.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4a889',
    500: '#e8835a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8835a;
$custom-light: #f4a889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8835a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.324,
    "s": 75.532,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71202,
    "c": 0.13626,
    "h": 42.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8835A

secondary

#B5DAE8

accent

#9DD80E

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8835A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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